Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Russian Literature

Pevear
and Volokhonsky, have produced the first new translation in over 40 years of Leo
Tolstoy's classic literature - Anna Karenina. In the
introduction, Pevear gives the reader a history of the writing that
Tolstoy called his first true novel. Pevear explains how Leo Tolstoy
took actual events, altered and incorporated them into his novel, and went
through many versions before his story of the married Anna
and her love for Count Vronsky was finally completed in
1876. The translation is easy to read and succeeds in
bringing Leo Tolstoy's literary masterpiece to life once again.

War and Peaceis centered upon
Napoleonís invasion of Russia in the early 1800's. As Napoleonís army
invades Russia, Tolstoy follows characters from many diverse
backgrounds including serfs, peasants, royalty, nobility, civilians and soldiers. The
novel details the many struggles and problems of the time
period, their history, and their culture. As the novel
proceeds, the characters move beyond their specific character roles,
becoming some of the most unique and sensitive human characters in
Russian literature.

This biography is the story of an incredibly talented novelist. A literary genius
whose art and skills grew out of his three unpredictable relationships: his personal
relationship with God, with the women he loves and with Mother Russia. Each of these complex
relationships were ever-changing and full of contradictions.

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